Blended learning for entrepreneurial biomedical professionals
Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden offers-- a non-profit, international blended learning program for tomorrow’s leaders in biomedical science who have the ambition to develop a new medical intervention.
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Take the next step in your biomedical career
Do you have a great idea for a new medical product, but no idea where to start developing it? The trick is to find a post-graduate training program that is suited to your specific needs.
That's why we wrote a white paper about the Future4 approach to help you find the right post-graduate program by identifying the four key focus areas that will take your career to the next level.
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On-campus experience
Further explore the concepts of the online courses during the on-campus course. Maximum 30 participants are invited to castle Oud-Poelgeest near Leiden, the Netherlands to work in small, multidisciplinary focus groups on advanced teaching cases that are based on real R&D project.
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A selection of our contributors ---
Juliane Bernholz
Chief Operating Officer
AM Pharma
Onno van de Stolpe
Former CEO
Galapagos
Marc Martens
Head of Bird & Bird's Regulatory, Public & Administrative Law group in Brussels
Bird & Bird
Aliki Nichogiannopoulou
Director
European Patent Office
Ton van der Hoven
CEO
SurgVision BV
Bruno Vandermeulen
IP Lawyer - Member of the Brussels Bar
Independent IP practitioner
On-campus
Nacer Lounis
Senior Principal Scientist
Janssen Pharmaceutica
On-campus
Tine de Marez
Senior Director, Compound Development Team Leader TB
Johnson & Johnson
Bert Leufkens
Professor of Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulatory Science and Former Chair of Medicines Evaluation Board
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS)
Henk Schuring
VP-Head Rare Nephrology
Prilenia
Sjaak Bot
Former VP, Head of EMEA Regulatory Affairs
Janssen
Bernd van der Meulen
Professor of Comparative Food Law
European Institute for Food Law / Renmin University of China Law School
Frank Landolt
Chief Counsel Legal & Intellectual Property
Confo Therapeutics
On-campus
Erik Niks
Neurologist - Pediatric neurologist
Leiden University Medical Center
On-campus
Piet Hinoul
Chief Medical Officer
Virtual Incision
On-campus
Ad Sitsen
Owner
ClinPharMed Consultancy for Drug Development
Eline Bunnik
Assistant professor Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine
Erasmus MC
Maurits Westerik
IE/IT lawyer
Coupry
Bart Swinkels
Partner
NLO
Karin Verzijden
Food and Pharma Lawyer
Axon Lawyers
On-campus
Ineke Jonker-Hoogerkamp
Consultant Regulatory Affairs and Drug Development
Paul Janssen Futurelab & Eagle Pharma Consult
Kees Recourt
Investment Manager
Mibiton Foundation
Paul Stoffels
CEO
Galapagos
On-campus
Marcel Kenter
Director
Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden
On-campus
Koen Andries
VP Scientific Fellow Infectious Diseases Discovery
Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
On-campus
Andreas Wallnöfer
General Partner
BioMed Partners Venture Capital (former Head of Clinical Research & Exploratory Development at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.)
On-campus
André Elferink
Clinical epidemiologist
Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board
Hans-Georg Eichler
Senior Medical Officer
European Medicines Agency
Johan Garssen
Director Immunology Platform
Danone/Nutricia Research
Rick Kuntz
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific, Clinical and Regulatory Officer
Medtronic
Oliver Bisazza
Former Director Regulatory Policy
Medtronic
Richard Shull
Head of Deal Structuring and Trading Fundamentals
Shell
A world of knowledge
This training opened my eyes to a whole new world of knowledge on the development of medical interventions.
Willem Birkhoff, Centre for Human Drug Research, Clinical Development Online graduate
Apply regulatory guidelines
Through the course I learned how to find and apply regulatory guidelines to evaluate nonclinical, clinical and quality drug data, which will help in my role as hospital pharmacist/clinical pharmacist in the review committee and as clinical pharmacological researcher.
Imke Bartelink, Hospital pharmacist/ clinical pharmacologist
Business & strategic aspects
"This course broadened my understanding of the business and strategic aspects of clinical product development beyond academia."
Sylwia Czukiewska, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center, Clinical Product Development Online graduate
Challenging content
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! The content, consisting of great videos, articles, and assignments, both challenged and matched my knowledge of clinical development.
Jaap Sniekers, Novartis, Clinical Development Online graduate
Company perspective
I have systemically learned clinical product development from the company perspective, instead of sticking to my academic mindset.
Canxi Shi, Phd, Erasmus MC
Clinical Product Development Online graduate
Excellent course for professionals
Excellent course for professionals planning to work with patents and/or license agreements. Offers top-level interviews that provide a general view of patent management and goes into practical steps with actual use of websites, tools, and a generous amount of examples.
Ernest Spitzer, European Cardiovascular Research Institute
Excellent learning opportunities
The cases were excellent and the manner in which they were presented provided excellent learning opportunities.
Vickas Patel, GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Development Online graduate
Fun deep dive
It is a fun deep dive test into the complete image of clinical product development.
Simone Hermans, PhD. Health Holland
Clinical Product Development Online Graduate
Genuinely fascinating
The case studies were all thought provoking, well-chosen and expertly presented to make different points. Genuinely fascinating: thanks!
Huw Lewis, GlaxoSmithKline Clinical Development Online graduate
Happy with responses
“Real life case studies and learning about 'how it really happened'. Very happy with responses on comments (timewise and content)”
Joost van Middendorp, Pfizer, Clinical Development Online graduate
Increase your knowledge on intellectual property
As a project manager working in the biotech sector, I can really recommend this course to increase your knowledge on intellectual property. The course guides you through the IP process and gives numerous interesting and practical examples
Charlotte Berendsen, Senior Associate, Research Program Management Genmab B.V.
Interesting insights
Very nice approach, all cases were well explained in the provided papers and the interviews always gave interesting insights.
Pierre-Eric Juif, Actelion, Clinical Development Online graduate
Nicely set up
I think this course is very nicely set up, with a mix of videos, explanations, examples and self-assessments.
Nicoline Treijtel, Astellas, Clinical Development Online graduate
Out of my comfort zone
“I loved the ‘corporate finance’ bit, really out of my comfort zone, but it did give me so much more insight into the financial considerations in clinical development”
Meta Roestenberg, Leiden University Medical Center, Clinical Development Online graduate
Practical knowledge, a must-attend
This course excelled in delivering practical IP knowledge focused on biotechnology. A must-attend for anyone interested in biotech IP.
Joke van Bemmel, Ass. Director, R&D Strategic Initiative, Genmab
Intellectual Property Online graduate
Real life cases
The interactive program of the course ensures that you easily understand the information and make it applicable. The real life cases make this course interesting for biomedical professionals.
Laurel van Schunselaar, LUMC, postdoctoral researcher/ clinical study coordinator
Real-life examples
The course was based on real-life examples that covered all aspects of clinical product development.
Paul Noordhuis, PhD. Principal scientist, J&J Innovative Medicine
Clinical Product Development Online graduate
Really instructive
The highlights of the course were the real life examples and the follow up provided. The interviews with people that were involved in the studies were really instructive.
Georges Habineza Ndikuyeze, Janssen Research & Development, Clinical Development Online graduate
Really well-organized course with great supervisors
Really well-organized course with great supervisors to motivate and reply to questions quickly. Lots to learn with great resources, papers, and guidance to go through the basics like examining a patent application! Thank you Paul Janssen Future Lab!
Sanjeevani Lamba, SeraNovo B.V.
Sixth sense
Knowledge on Intellectual Property is like a sixth sense to a researcher/inventor, don't miss out on it
Ferdinard Adung'o Janssen Pharmaceutica Online graduate
Solid understanding
This course gives you a solid understanding of intellectual property which will allow you to efficiently interact with IP specialists. The content is comprehensive, the cases studies are very relevant and all is set in a nice digital environment.
Tim van Acker, VIB, Intellectual Property Online graduate
Suspense thrillers
The teaching cases were presented almost like suspense thrillers, which made learning engaging and immersive.
Amit Kumar Verma, PhD, Senior researcher, Leiden University Medical Center
Clinical Product Development Online Graduate
The mix worked well
I was impressed with the versatility of the learning environment. The mix of texts, PDFs, videos, questions and assignments worked wonderfully well!
Erik van Beers, Skyline DX, Clinical Development Online graduate
The only IP course you need
The only IP course you need to follow to further build upon in your career! Very clear and well organized with a very relevant and practical coaching approach.
Louis Declerck, Associate at Fund+
Very helpful
The cases were very helpful, they brought the theory to life!
Dennie Tempel, Quorics B.V., Clinical Development Online graduate
Very relevant contemporary cases
The online Market Approval course is a very interesting and useful course, I enjoyed it a lot! Especially the relevant and contemporary cases really were of additional value.
Anna van Muyden, Director clinical development, CellPoint